Smalleye lanternshark
| Smalleye lanternshark | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. litvinovi |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus litvinovi Parin & Kotlyar, 1990 | |
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| Range of the smalleye lanternshark (in blue) | |
The smalleye lanternshark (Etmopterus litvinovi) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific off Peru and Chile, at depths between 630 and 1,100 m. Its length is up to 61 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
- ↑ Kyne, P.M. & McCormack, C. 2007. Etmopterus litvinovi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63159A12603922. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63159A12603922.en. Downloaded on 14 October 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus litvinovi" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 978-0-691-12072-0
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